Hand-cultivator



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

W. B. BACHELDER.

HAND OULTIVATOR.

No. 556,327. Patented Mar. 17,1896.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2.

W. B. BACHELDE R. HAND GULTIVATOR.

No. 556,327.. Patented Mar. 17, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IVILLIAM B. BAOHELDER, OF BROOKLYN CENTRE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE A. BROIVN, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

HAN D-CU LTIVATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 556,327, dated March 17, 1896. Application filed August 3, 1895. Serial No. 558,108. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- the arms may be secured in any desired po- Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. BAoHEL- sition. DER, of Brooklyn Oentre, Hennepin county, Arms 10, 11 and 12 are provided having Minnesota, have invented certain new and ends adapted to be secured in the openings 5 useful Improvements in Hand-Cultivators, of provided in the fixed and swiveled heads and which the following is a specification. having their outer ends curved downwardly My invention relates to cultivator-s for and adapted to fit into openings in the blocks breaking and stirring up the soil between the 13 on the back of the plows or teeth 14:. The rows of corn and vegetables, and the object I blocks 13 are provided with set-screws 15, by 10 have in view is to provide a cultivator which means of which the teeth or plows may be somay be operated by hand, which is provided cured at any desired angle on the arms. with a series of rods or arms of different length As shown in the drawings, the arms or rods carrying adjustable teeth or plows, and ahead are of difierent length and curved to permit having swiveled parts wherein said rods or the plows or teeth to be adjusted at the same I 5 arms are adjustable to permit a change in the angle to the ground. The long arm may be relative position of the plows or teeth and said placed in one of the swiveled heads, as shown swiveled parts permitting the adjustment of in Fig. 1, or in the fixed central head, as therods or carrying-arms at anydesired angle shown in Fig. 6, according to the arrangeto the head proper. ment of the plows that the operator desires 20 My invention consists generally in various to make.

constructions and combinations, all as here- In addition to the arms above described I inafter described and particularlypointed out provide yokes 16 adapted to be secured to the in the claims. downwardly-turned outer ends of the arms In the accompanying drawings, forming 10, 11 and 12, and by means of which the 25 part of this specification, Figure 1 is a plan teeth may be adjusted at any angle to the view of a hand-cultivator embodying my inarms and the head. vention, a portion of the handle being broken The teeth or plows are provided with bevaway. Fig. 2isasideview of the same. Fig. eled edges, and some of them are provided 3 is an end view of the head. Fig. 4 is a plan at the top with wings or projections which 0 view of the same. Fig. 5 is a sectional view throw the dirt out at one side around the showingthemethod of securing therods which hills of corn and vegetables. These wings support the adjustable teeth or plows in the may be provided on one or both sides, as may heads. Fig. 6 is a plan view showing a difbe desired. In the drawings I have shown ferent arrangement of the teeth or plows in four plows ready for use, but a greater or less 35 the head. Fig. 7 is a similar view showing number maybe used if desired.

still another combination of the teeth or plows. The arms are all interchangeable, and the Figs. 8 and 9 are views of the opposite sides swivel-heads permit the adjustment of the of one of the teeth or plows. Fig. 10 is an heads at any angle to the head proper, so that end view of the device, showing a different the device can be readily adapted for use o arrangement of the plows or teeth in the head. where the rows are not the same distance In the drawings, 2 represents the head apart. proper of the cultivator provided with a suit- Having thus described my invention, I able handle 3 and the laterally-extending claim as new and desire to secure by Letters arms 4 and 5, each provided at its outer end Patent- 5 45 with a swiveled head portion 6, while between 1. A hand-cultivator, comprising a head 2, the heads 6 on the head proper 2 is arranged a having a suitable handle, the blocks 6 and ,7 similar but fixed head 7. provided on said head, the shanks 10, 11 and I The fixed and swiveled head portions are 12 arranged to slide in openings provided in each provided with an opening to receive an said blocks, means for securing the same 50 arm of the cultivator tooth or plow, and settherein, said shanks havingadepending outer screws 8 and9 are provided, by means of which end, the plows or teeth 14 provided with a socket to receive the depending end of said shanks, and whereon said plows are adj ustably secured to permit vertical adjustment of the same, whereby the depth of the furrows may be varied, and said shanks being longitudinally adjustable to permit horizontal adjustment of said plows, whereby the position of the same with respect to the head may be changed at will, for the purpose set forth.

2. A hand-cultivator, comprising a head 2, having a suitable handle, the swiveled end blocks 6, and the fixed middle block 7 provided on said head, the short shanks 10 and 11, and the long shanks 12, said shanks being adapted to slide in openings provided in said blocks, whereby the position of the plows with respect to the head may be changed at will, means for securing said shanks in said blocks, said shanks having a depending outer end, the flattened plows or teeth having a pointed lower end, and provided with a socket to receive the depending end of the shanks whereon said plows may be adjusted at different distances from the ground, and at any angle with respect to each other and to the head, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

I11 testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day of June, A. D. 1895. WILLIAM B. BAOHELDER. In presence of O. G. HAVVLEY, RICHARD PAUL. 

